Finland at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Finland
games=1984 Summer
competitors=86
sports=15
flagbearer=Esko Rechardt
gold=4
silver=2
bronze=6
total=12

Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

Medalists

Finland finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and twelve medals overall.

Gold

* Juha Tiainen — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

* Arto Härkönen — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

* Pertti Karppinen — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

* Jouko Salomäki — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Silver

* Tiina Lillak — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

* Tapio Sipilä — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

* Arto Bryggare — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles

* Joni Nyman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

* Rauno Bies — Shooting, Rapid-Fire Pistol (Mixed)

* Jouni Grönman — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)

* Pekka Niemi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (100 kg)

* Jukka Rauhala — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Results by event

=Archery=

Defending gold medallist Tomi Poikolainen bettered his performance of four years earlier by one point, but with the return of the United States and Japan, Poikolainen's score was no longer sufficient to earn a medal and he fell to fifth place. Much the same fate befell Päivi Meriluoto, who fell two places even though she shot 60 points better than she had in 1980.

Kyösti Laasonen, in his fourth Olympic archery competition, took 28th place.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Päivi Meriluoto — 2509 points (→ 5th place)
* Ama Rantal — 2460 points (→ 15th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Tomi Poikolainen — 2538 points (→ 5th place)
* Kyösti Laasonen — 2443 points (→ 28th place)
* Markku Syrjälä — 2333 points (→ 49th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 1,500 metres
* Antti Loikkanen:* Qualifying Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 10,000 metres
* Martti Vainio:* Qualifying Heat — 28:19.25 :* Final — finished in second place (27:51.10), but was later disqualified for the use of several performance enhancing drugs

Men's Marathon
* Pertti Tiainen — 2:17:43 (→ 27th place)
* Martti Vainio — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump
* Erkki Niemi:* Qualification — 2.24m:* Final — 2.24m (→ 9th place)

Men's Pole Vault
* Kimmo Pallonen :* Qualifying Round — 5.40m :* Final — 5.45m (→ 5th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
* Arto Härkönen :* Qualification — 83.06m :* Final — 86.76m (→ Gold Medal)

* Raimo Manninen :* Qualification — 79.26m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

* Tero Saviniemi :* Qualification — 76.46m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Juha Tiainen :* Qualification — 72.68m :* Final — 78.08m (→ Gold Medal)

* Harri Huhtala :* Qualification — 73.78m :* Final — 75.28m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20km Walk
* Reima Salonen:* Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
* Tujia Toivonen :* Final — 2:32:07 (→ 10th place)

* Sinikka Keskitalo :* Final — 2:35:15 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles
* Tuija Helander:* Heat — 57.22 :* Semifinal — 56.59:* Final — 56.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's Discus Throw
* Ulla Lundholm :* Qualification — 56.44m:* Final — 62.84m (→ 4th place)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Tiina Lillak :* Qualification — 63.30m:* Final — 69.00m (→ Silver Medal)

* Tuula Laaksalo :* Qualification — 60.42m:* Final — 66.40m (→ 4th place)

* Helena Laine :* Qualification — 61.80m:* Final — 58.18m (→ 11th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Jarmo Eskelinen:* First Round — Defeated Yao Gaitor (Togo), 5-0:* Second Round — Lost to Juan Molina (Puerto Rico), 0-5

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
*Juha Ovaskainen:* Preliminary Round — 532.17:* Final — 548.55 (→ 11th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Breaststroke
*Martti Järventaus:* Heat — 1:06.21 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
*Martti Järventaus:* Heat — 2:26.96 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle
*Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari:* Heat — 58.51 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
*Maarit Sihvonen-Vähäsaari:* Heat — 2:21.05:* B-Final — 2:19.27 (→ 9th place)